Cocktails, beer, wine, spirit, liqueurs and other adult beverages
Apr 19
As anyone will know who has rhubarb in their garden, you can’t get rid of the stuff. No matter how hard you try to dig up the roots and either throw it away or give it to a friends, it keeps on coming back. Once it has a foothold in your garden then it can …
Apr 19
When I need a seriously quenching, non-alcoholic, summer drink, I drink iced teas. There are dozens of possibilities when making iced teas from scratch. If I can infuse a health benefit as well – I get happy! My go-to fave is Iced Green-Ginger Tea. Green tea is known to have benefits against: impaired immune functions, …
Mar 24
Every now and then, I encounter a food or drink that is so unusual that I cant help but investigate. A few years back, while investigating absinthe, to be blogged on another day, I discovered this odd liquor called Liquor de Violette. As a warning, it is not the same as Crème de Violette. I …
Mar 08
Why would anyone make their own liqueurs or cordials? The simple answer is because we can and why not? The process is relatively easy with the toughest part of the process being patience. Just as the exact origins of beer, wine and liquor are debated, so to is the origination of liqueurs and cordials. It …
Mar 03
Recently I was in Crested Butte, Colorado ski-ing and across from our hotel there was a bar called Montanya Distillers. Thinking it was just a funny name for pub, we didn’t go there the first night, as there are so many places to go in Crested Butte, even though it is such a small town. …
